Psalms 26

¹A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

Trusted - I have committed my cause and affairs to thee.

³For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

For - I dare appeal to thee, because thou knowest I have a deep sense of thy loving-kindness, by which I have been led to love and obey thee.

⁴I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Sat - Continued with them. I have been so far from an imitation of their wicked courses, that I have avoided their company. Vain - With false and deceitful persons. Go in - Into their company.

⁶I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

Compass - Approach to thine altar with my sacrifices: which I could not do with any comfort, if I were conscious of those crimes, whereof mine enemies accuse me.

⁸LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

House - Thy sanctuary and worship. Honour - Thy glorious and gracious presence.

⁹Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Gather not - Do not bind me up in the same bundle, or put me into the same accursed condition with them.

¹²My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Standeth - I stand upon a sure and solid foundation, being under the protection of God’s promise, and his almighty and watchful providence. Congregations - I will not only privately, but in the assemblies of thy people celebrate thy praise.